Asterisk (disambiguation)

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Not to be confused with Asterix (disambiguation).

Asterisk is the star-shaped punctuation symbol (*), typed using Shift+8 on most English-language computer keyboards.

Asterisk may also refer to:

  • * (haplogroup) - a designation that indicates that one belongs to a haplogroup, but not to a known subclade
  • * - a common wildcard character that substitutes for other letters
  • Asterisk (PBX) - an open source telephone system
  • asterism - a group of three asterisks arranged in a triangular formation
  • * ~Asterisk~ - a song by the Japanese band Orange Range.
  • * - used on internet forums to mean "everything else." For example, "Mr. Show > *" means "Mr. Show is greater than all other shows."
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